Cyber Security Architect

Cyber Security Architect – 12-Month Contract
Location: Sydney
Contract: 12 months
Program: Risk Uplift Program

The Opportunity We are seeking an experienced Cyber Security Architect to join a significant Cyber Risk Uplift Program of Work on an initial 12-month contract.

The role will sit across three key workstreams: Network Segmentation, Identity and Cyber Hardening, helping to uplift the organisation's overall cyber security posture and address key security risks across the technology environment.

This is a hands-on architecture role where you'll work closely with cyber security, infrastructure, network, identity and technology teams to define and deliver practical security solutions.
Key Responsibilities

• Provide cyber security architecture expertise across a major risk uplift program.
• Lead architecture activities across network segmentation, identity and cyber hardening.
• Develop security architecture, technical designs and implementation patterns.
• Support the design and delivery of network segmentation and Zero Trust initiatives.
• Provide architecture guidance across IAM, privileged access and identity security.
• Define and implement cyber hardening strategies across infrastructure, cloud and endpoint environments.
• Assess existing security controls and identify opportunities to remediate security risks.
• Work closely with engineering and delivery teams to embed security requirements into solutions.
• Translate cyber risk and security requirements into practical technical outcomes.
• Engage with senior technical and business stakeholders across the program.

About You You will be an experienced Cyber Security Architect / Security Architect with a strong background in cyber transformation, security uplift or risk remediation programs.
Ideally, you will bring experience across several of the following:

• Cyber Security Architecture
• Network Segmentation
• Zero Trust
• Identity & Access Management (IAM)
• Privileged Access Management (PAM)
• Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD
• Network and infrastructure security
• Cyber security hardening and uplift
• Cloud Security – Azure and/or AWS
• Endpoint Security / EDR
• Vulnerability Management
• Security frameworks including NIST, ISO 27001 and/or CIS
• Security architecture and technical design

You don't need to be an expert across every domain. We're particularly interested in candidates with strong network segmentation and/or identity architecture experience, combined with broader cyber security architecture and security uplift experience.
What You'll Bring

• Proven experience as a Cyber Security Architect, Security Architect or similar.
• Experience delivering cyber risk, security uplift or transformation programs.
• Strong understanding of enterprise security architecture principles.
• Ability to translate cyber risks into practical technical solutions.
• Experience operating across complex enterprise technology environments.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to work across multiple concurrent workstreams and delivery teams.